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• Provide information to Congress, 

other federal agencies, stakeholders, the 

public, and other countries on the 

aggregate outputs and outcomes of the 

NHTH operations. 

Respondents: Potential victims, 

representatives of governmental entities, 

law enforcement, first responders, 

members of the community, 

representatives of nongovernmental 

entities providing social, legal, or 

protective services to individuals in the 

United States who may have been 

subjected to severe forms of trafficking 

in persons utilize the NHTH as 

signalers. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total number 

of respondents 

(signalers) 

Total number 

of responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Annual burden 

hours 

National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance 

Indicators .......................................................................... 585,300 1 0.43333333 253,630 84,543 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 84,543. 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15526 Filed 7–20–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Early Head Start Family and 

Child Experiences Survey 2022 (Baby 

FACES 2022) (OMB #0970–0354) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) seeks approval to 

continue to collect descriptive 

information for the Early Head Start 

Family and Child Experiences Survey 

2022 (Baby FACES 2022). This 

information collection is to provide 

nationally representative data on Early 

Head Start (EHS) programs, centers, 

classrooms, staff, and families to guide 

program planning, technical assistance, 

and research. This data collection will 

complete the previously approved 

second round of data collection 

originally planned to take place in 2020 

(OMB 0970–0354). The work began in 

early 2020 but had to be postponed after 

only 3 weeks due to the COVID–19 

pandemic. No changes are proposed to 

the currently approved information 

collection materials. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, copies can also be 

obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 

Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, 

emailed or written, should be identified 

by the title of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Baby FACES 2018 and 

2022 build upon a prior study (Baby 

FACES 2009; OMB 0970–0354) that 

longitudinally followed two cohorts of 

children through their experience in the 

program. While the 2009 study provided 

a great deal of information about 

program participation over time and 

about services received by children and 

families, it did not allow for national 

level estimates of service quality or 

inferences about children who enter the 

program after 15 months of age. To fill 

these knowledge gaps and to answer 

additional questions about how 

programs function, the design for the 

information collection in 2022 will 

refresh the nationally representative 

cross-sectional sample of programs, 

centers, home visitors, teachers, 

classrooms, children, and families that 

was used in Baby FACES 2018. 

Freshening the sample will allow new 

programs that came into being since 

2018 a chance to enter the study. This 

design allows for nationally 

representative estimates at all levels at 

a point in time and includes the entire 

age span of enrolled children. 

The goal of this work is to obtain 

updated information on EHS programs 

and understand better how program 

processes support relationships (e.g., 

between home visitors and parents, 

between parents and children, and 

between teachers and children) that are 

hypothesized to lead to improved child 

and family outcomes. 

Respondents: EHS program directors, 

child care center directors, teachers and 

home visitors, and parents of enrolled 

children. 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

[2 year clearance] 

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Classroom/home visitor sampling form (from EHS staff) .... 407 1 0.17 69 35 

Child roster form (from EHS staff) ....................................... 252 1 0.33 83 42 

Parent consent form ............................................................ 2,495 1 0.17 424 212 

Parent survey ....................................................................... 2,084 1 0.53 1,105 553 

Parent Child Report ............................................................. 2,008 1 0.33 663 332 

Staff survey (Teacher survey and Home Visitor survey) .... 1,317 1 0.5 659 330 

Staff Child Report ................................................................ 1,046 2.13 0.25 262 131 

Program director survey ...................................................... 120 1 0.5 60 30 

Center director survey ......................................................... 294 1 0.5 147 74 

Parent-child interaction ........................................................ 996 1 0.17 169 85 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,824. 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: Sec. 645A and 649 of the 

Improving Head Start for School 

Readiness Act of 2007. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15509 Filed 7–20–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Practitioner Data Bank: 

Change in User Fees 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HRSA, a sub-agency of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, is announcing a change in user 

fees charged to individuals and entities 

authorized to request information from 

the National Practitioner Data Bank 

(NPDB). The new fee will be $2.50 for 

both continuous and one-time queries 

and $3.00 for self-queries. In addition, 

as self-query results are now digitally 

certified, the NPDB will no longer 

automatically provide a mailed paper 

copy of self-query results. If selfqueriers would like paper copies mailed 

to them, there will be an additional 

$3.00 charge per copy. The change in 

NPDB user fees is intended to encourage 

electronic processing while both 

ensuring sufficient funding to the full 

cost of NPDB operations and retaining 

appropriate cash reserves. The cash 

reserves are used to mitigate risks, cover 

operational costs should revenue 

decrease, and cover the cost of 

reasonable enhancement and 

maintenance of the NPDB management 

system. HRSA operational standards 

require review of NPDB user fees every 

2 years. The biennial review of NPDB 

user fees offers HRSA the opportunity to 

evaluate its reserves as well as revenue 

relative to costs. Further, the review 

provides essential information on 

whether the fee rates and authorized 

activities are aligned with actual 

program costs and activities, and can 

help promote greater understanding of 

the fee by NPDB users. 

DATES: This change will be effective 

October 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Loewenstein, Director, Division 

of Practitioner Data Bank, Bureau of 

Health Workforce, HRSA, (301) 443– 

2300, NPDBPolicy@hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

current fee structure ($2.00/continuous 

query enrollment, $2.00/one-time query, 

and $4.00/self-query) was announced in 

the Federal Register on July 20, 2016 

(81 FR 47173), and became effective on 

October 1, 2016. One-time queries, 

continuous query enrollments, and selfqueries are submitted and query 

responses are received through the 

NPDB’s secure website. Fees are paid 

via electronic funds transfer, debit card, 

or credit card. 

The NPDB is authorized by the Health 

Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 

(the Act), Title IV of Public Law 99–660, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.). 

Further, two additional statutes 

expanded the scope of the NPDB— 

Section 1921 of the Social Security Act, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 1396r–2) and 

Section 1128E of the Social Security 

Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7e). 

Information collected under the Section 

1128E authority was consolidated 

within the NPDB pursuant to Section 

6403 of the Affordable Care Act, Public 

Law 111–148; this consolidation became 

effective on May 6, 2013. 

42 U.S.C. 11137(b)(4), 42 U.S.C. 

1396r–2(e), and 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7e(d) 

authorize the establishment of fees for 

the costs of processing requests for 

disclosure of such information. Final 

regulations at 45 CFR part 60 set forth 

the criteria and procedures for 

information to be reported to and 

disclosed by the NPDB. In determining 

any changes in the amount of user fees, 

the Department uses the criteria set 

forth in section 60.19(b) of the 

regulations. Section 60.19(b) states: 

‘‘The amount of each fee will be 

determined based on the following 

criteria: 

(1) Direct and indirect personnel 

costs, including salaries and fringe 

benefits such as medical insurance and 

retirement, 

(2) Physical overhead, consulting, and 

other indirect costs (including materials 

and supplies, utilities, insurance, travel, 

and rent and depreciation on land, 

buildings, and equipment), 


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